Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-06

he would have Q poor chance of doing
anything of that kind in remote region
where the people were in q rage and
thirsting for blood. Under the escort of
five well.armed deputies, who were in.
structed to defend their prisoner with
their lives, Kuhl set out on the midnight
train for the scene of Williams crime.
His guards learned at Camp Douglas
that tidings of his approach had reached
Durand, and that o mob of 1000 men
had formed there preparatory to lynch.
ing him. In view of this threatening
state of affairs they took another road
and went to Menominee. where, with as
little ado as possible, they summoned
the town to look upon their prisoner.
Every man. here said the resemblance to
Williams was remarkable, but as all
knew about the missing toe, and found
that Kuhl had ten toes, it was agreed
that he was not the man. A brother of
the murdered Colemans then came for.
ward with hat in his hand and clapped
it on Kuhl's head, but it did not fit him.
This is Lon Williams' hat, he said,
and this man can't wear it. He is not
the man."
Friends of Kuhl heard of his being
spirited away and some of them fol.
lowed on the next train, reaching Me.
nominee in time to find the object of
their search surrounded by hundreds of
men and the subject of much contro-
versy. While nearly everybody de-
clared that he was not Williams, there
were soms who wanted him held. Be.
fore night scores of men who knew the
Williams boys well, inspected him, and
as they agreed that he was NOT the man,
the Milwaukee officers sorrowfully let
him go. As they had no charge against
him, and had held him without the au.
thority Of a warrant, his release was not
necessarily q matter of form. Judge
Page, of Peoria, one of his friends, who
had sought him out. left with Kuhl that
night for the South, the two riding in
the baggage car for the purpose of escap-
ing observation. They had not yet
emerged from the timber country when
the train stopped at small town where
about 500 men were to be seen at the
station. There was much yelling, and
now and then was heard voice crying:
bring him out; -- him!'
OuuSO uko duu mum thOukut euCiA
time had come. Here was a mob whose
members had not yet heard the truth.
They crouched in one corner of the bag.
gage car, with rapidly beating hearts
awaiting the worst. Just then they
heard some one yell:
Three cheers for old Jerry Rusk,
- his old SOUL"
Then band struck up and there were
more cheers. The train started up and
was soon in motion, and Judge Page and
poor Kuhl soon learned that the demon
stration was nothing but an enthusiastic
outpouIing of ardent admirers Of Jerry
Rusk, who was making his canvass for
the Governorship and who had arrived
on that train.
Kuhl reached home without further
incident and some time later brought
suit against the Sheriff, Prosecuting At
torney and others in this county, for
false imprisonment, laying the DANA
ges at $27, 900. For one reason and an.
other the trial was delayed until this
fall. Kuhl is here with his friends, and
when On the witness stand, in his own
behalf, he took off his shoes and stock.
ings and showed the jury that he had
ten toes. The defense Of the ex.officials
was that they were actuated by desire
to see the laws enforced, and did nothing
more than their sworn duty. Kuhl OBJ.
tanned $4,000 damages. es.-Mil,oaukee Cor.
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